雙語新聞下載:老布什獲林登·約翰遜基金會獎

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    The Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation, named after the 36th president of the United States, presented former President George H.W. Bush, the 41st president, with an award for his public service and government career on Tuesday.
    Bush was given the LBJ Liberty and Justice for All Award at his Houston office. The foundation said in a written statement that Bush personifies his fellow Texan president's vision for America.
    Johnson's two daughters, Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb, attended the presentation of the award to Bush and his wife, Barbara.
    This is the second time the foundation has given the award. The first recipient was U.S. Rep. John Lewis, the Georgia Democrat and civil rights leader.
    The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, founded in 1969, is a non-profit organization that supports the LBJ Presidential Library and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.
    Bush, born in 1924, served his country as the president from 1989 to 1993. He continued to make public appearances now and then. His latest appearance was in July 2013 when he had his head shaved in a show of support for the two-year-old son of a member of his security detail, who had been diagnosed with leukemia.
    相關(guān)新聞:89歲美國前總統(tǒng)喬治·布什(老布什)3日榮獲林登·約翰遜基金會頒發(fā)的自由和公正獎。此獎是為表彰他多年來的公共服務(wù)和政府職業(yè)生涯。
    據(jù)當?shù)孛襟w報道,林登·約翰遜基金會當天在老布什在休斯敦的辦公室為他頒獎,老布什和夫人芭芭拉,以及約翰遜的兩個女兒參加了頒獎儀式。
    基金會當天發(fā)表書面聲明說,老布什體現(xiàn)了同為得克薩斯州人的美國前總統(tǒng)林登·約翰遜對美國的愿景。
    這是林登·約翰遜基金會第二次頒發(fā)此獎,它的首位得主是美國眾議員、佐治亞州民主黨人、民權(quán)運動領(lǐng)袖約翰·劉易斯。
    林登·約翰遜(1908-1973)是美國第35任總統(tǒng)約翰·肯尼迪的繼任者。肯尼迪遇刺后,時任副總統(tǒng)的約翰遜在總統(tǒng)專機“空軍一號”上宣誓就任總統(tǒng)。非營利性的林登·約翰遜基金會創(chuàng)立于1969年,旨在為約翰遜總統(tǒng)圖書館及得克薩斯大學(xué)奧斯汀分校林登·約翰遜公共事務(wù)學(xué)院提供支持。
    老布什1924年生于美國馬薩諸塞州,他曾擔任美國國會眾議員、駐華大使、美國中央情報局長、美國副總統(tǒng),并于1989年至1993年擔任美國第41任總統(tǒng)。他的兒子喬治·沃克·布什(小布什)2001年就任美國第43任總統(tǒng)。這使他和兒子成為繼亞當斯父子后,美國又一對“父子總統(tǒng)”。卸任后,老布什一直在休斯敦過著退休生活,近年因身體欠佳甚少在公眾場合露面。